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September 20, 2007
Sustainable Pittsburgh
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3E Links readers are early
adopters of sustainable policies, products, and practices, and the people who
educate their friends and family about the benefits of sustainable
development. Be sure to pass your issue of 3E Links along to friends and
colleagues. Subscribe by e-mailing info@sustainablepittsburgh.org
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Events
Creating Community in the 21st Century
Reclaiming
Vacant Properties: Strategies for Rebuilding America’s Neighborhoods
250
& Fit Kick-off
Celebration
Transportation
Resources: An Employer's Briefing
"GREENPRINT
- A regional conservation agenda prioritizing land conservation for the
public good"
Current
Trends in Biodiversity: Should we be concerned?
Mayoral
Candidates Forum
Richard Louv and 'Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children
from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Rachel Carson
Legacy Conference: Sustaining the Web of Life in Modern Society
3 Rivers
Wet Weather Sewer Conference
Information
Forum: Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission - Understanding & Intersecting
with the TIP and CMAQ
Urban
Tree Planting: Making Large Shade Trees Sustainable
4th
Annual Regional Equitable Development Summit: "Most Livable Region By
Growing Opportunity for All"
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Sustainability and Smart Growth
Forum
"GREENPRINT - A regional
conservation agenda prioritizing land conservation for the public good"
Wednesday,
September 26
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Davis Room, 23rd Floor, Regional Enterprise Tower, 425 Sixth Ave.,
Downtown Pittsburgh
Bring a brown bag lunch -- beverages and dessert provided.
Free to attend.
Register: email info@sustainablepittsburgh.org
or call (412) 258-6642
As upstream development continues, downstream flooding becomes more
frequent and damaging, and more raw sewage pollutes our waterways. Aggressive
development projects are breeching the wooded ridgelines and slopes along the
rivers creating landslides and visible scars in the landscape. A
comprehensive approach including strategic land conservation is needed to
solve these problems. Come to learn how Allegheny Land Trust is working to
identify the lands that represent the region’s highly functional natural
infrastructure that helps to manage storm and floodwaters while maintaining
the region’s scenic character and biodiversity. See the full listing in our
events section below.
Presentation by Roy Kraynyk, Executive Director
Allegheny Land Trust - www.alleghenylandtrust.org
Sponsored by
Information Forum: Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission - Understanding
& Intersecting with the TIP and CMAQ
Friday, October 5
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Regional Enterprise Tower,
31st floor, 425 Sixth Ave.
(Downtown Pittsburgh)
No fee to attend
Pre-registration to: info@sustainablepittsburgh.org
or 412-258-6642
The Southwestern Pennsylvania
Commission (SPC), having recently completed Project Region and adopted The
Region’s new Long Range Transportation and Development Plan as a result, is
now focused on implementation mechanisms including development of the
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) by JUNE of 2008. The TIP serves to
determine a host of targeted regional transportation investments in programs
and infrastructure projects within fiscal constraint. A visible element of
the TIP development process will be the recommended program of projects for
the Congestion and Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ). Come learn
about and how to navigate these important regional prioritization processes
and gain insight of how to intersect to advance your community development
and redevelopment needs in step with Project Region. More information is
found in the events section below.
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Resources
Group calls
for strategies to get us out of our cars
Long view
sought on Cranberry parks, transportation, more
The way
we move--and live
Restoring
Prosperity to Ohio
2007-2008
Socially Responsible Business Plan Competition
Pittsburgh
becoming destination city for outdoors enthusiasts
Turning
the Ride to School Into a Walk
In
Turnaround, Industries Seek U.S. Regulations
For New
Center, Harvard Agrees to Emissions Cut
Doha and
Dalian
PIA/GATF,
SGIA, and FTA Join Together to Create the "Sustainable Green Printing
Partnership"
Where in
the World is Corporate Responsibility?
Wanted:
A National Commitment to Infrastructure
Losing
the Forest to Save a Few Trees: The Problems Behind Green Sprawl
Civic
Virtue By Design
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Sunday, September 23
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Squirrel Hill Library, corner of Forbes and Murray Ave. Free
parking under the library.
Register: TPCHG@aol.com or 412-963-1971
Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Cohousing Group
A free introduction to Cohousing in Pittsburgh. Learn about
creating, building and living in Pittsburgh's
first Cohousing Community, a community that wants
to have welcoming and cooperative neighbors, ecologically minded planning,
energy efficient private and individually owned homes, child
friendly designs with multigenerational and diverse families. Plus a Common
House for activities like fitness, shared weekly
meals, celebrations, after school activities, workshops, and arts and crafts.
www.PittsburghCohousing.org
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September 24-25, 2007
Omni William Penn Hotel, 530
William Penn Place, Downtown Pittsburgh
On-site registration is available
For more information, visit http://www.vacantproperties.org/confprog.html.
Share your experiences and learn from others about the strategies and
tools that are changing the face of neighborhoods. Hear about successful
efforts to convert vacant properties into assets that strengthen our
neighborhoods, cities, and regions. Whether you’re a planner or a concerned
citizen, a public official or government staff, you’ll be surrounded by your
peers from around the country. More than 550 people are attending – from San Diego to Buffalo, West Palm Beach to Kansas City,
and Cleveland to New Orleans.
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Tuesday, September 25
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - FREE Kayaking
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. – FREE Dragon Boat Rides (1st ride boards between
11:30 and 11:45)
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. – Official 250 & Fit Kick-off program
Roberto Clemente Bridge (6th Street Bridge,
Downtown Pittsburgh)
Free Paddling. Now that's as good an excuse as any to get on the water
during your lunch break this Tuesday! Kayak Pittsburgh
and Three Rivers Rowing Association are offering kayaking and dragon boat
rides underneath the Clemente
Bridge on the North Shore.
No RSVP required. First come, first served. The first Dragon Boat ride will
board between 11:30 and 11:45. Boats, paddles, and pfd's will be provided.
Join the Pittsburgh 250 partners as they
announce 250 & Fit, an initiative designed to help the people of
southwestern Pennsylvania
transform their lifestyles by improving their health, wellness, and fitness.
Sustainable Pittsburgh
and its outdoor recreation partners extend to you an invitation to bring your
bikes, wear your tennis shoes--either way, just stop
on by! For more information on Pittsburgh
250, visit imaginepittsburgh.com.
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Tuesday, September 25
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Regional Enterprise Tower, 31st Floor, 425 Sixth Avenue, Downtown Pittsburgh
Cost: $10 per attendee
RSVP via fax at (412) 391-7161 or email mkessler@spcregion.org by September
20, 2007.
Hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Association of Commuter
Transportation. Hear how alternate commuting options can benefit your
company, how overall transportation climate affects you and how ACT
(Association for Commuter Transportation) can work for you. The event features
guest speakers, James D. Ritzman P.E., Deputy
Secretary for Planning, PennDOT; and Jason Pavluchuk, Associate, Government Relations, Inc.
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Sustainability and Smart Growth Forum
Wednesday, September 26
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Davis Room, 23rd Floor, Regional Enterprise Tower, 425 Sixth Ave.,
Downtown Pittsburgh
Bring a brown bag lunch -- beverages and dessert provided.
Free to attend.
Register: email info@sustainablepittsburgh.org
or call (412) 258-6642
Build it and they will come. We're not talking about ball fields and fans
here – we’re talking about upstream development and floods. As upstream
development continues, downstream flooding becomes more frequent and
damaging, and more raw sewage pollutes our waterways. Aggressive development
projects are breeching the wooded ridgelines and slopes along the rivers
creating landslides and visible scars in the landscape. Fifty percent of the
land visible from the highways following the three rivers is now developed.
The region is at the tipping point of losing the natural character that makes
Pittsburgh’s
image unique among major cities in the world. The public health,
environmental, economic and regional image implications of these problems are
significant. A comprehensive approach including strategic land conservation
is needed to solve these problems. Come to learn how Allegheny Land Trust is
working to identify the lands that represent the region’s highly functional
natural infrastructure that helps to manage storm and floodwaters while
maintaining the region’s scenic character and biodiversity. Landowners,
planners, municipal staff and elected officials can benefit from this
presentation which includes ideas about how they can be part of the solution
not part of the problem.
Presentation by Roy Kraynyk, Executive Director
Allegheny Land Trust - www.alleghenylandtrust.org
Sponsored by
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Wednesday, September 26
7:00 pm
Pappert Lecture Hall of the Bayer Learning Center,
Duquesne University
Free
Reception will be held afterward.
www.science.duq.edu
As part of the Rachel Carson Legacy Series to commemorate Carson’s life
and environmental ethic, Duquesne University's Bayer School of Natural and
Environmental Sciences is proud to present a lecture by Professor Helmut Hillebrand, a colleague from the University of Cologne,
Germany. Professor Hillebrand is an Associate
Professor at the Institute of Botany at the University of Cologne
and the director of the International Master of Environmental Science (IMES)
degree program. His lecture will examine the role of biodiversity in
ecosystems, global patterns in biodiversity, and their significance to Man.
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Thursday, September 27
6:00 pm-7:30 pm
David L. Lawrence
Convention Center,
Lecture Hall 406
Downtown Pittsburgh
RSVP by Friday, September 21 by phone: (412) 281-0995 or email: design@judith-kelly.com
Hosted by the Pittsburgh Civic Design Coalition, this forum will feature
mayoral candidates Mark DeSantis and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl. Katherine Fink from WDUQ Radio will be the
moderator. A reception is to follow.
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Richard Louv and 'Last
Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder'
Thursday, September 27
8:00 pm
Robert S. Carey Student Center, Performing Arts Center, Saint Vincent College
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Free of charge.
Reservations required.
Reservations may be made beginning on September 4. Phone (724) 537-4556 (1 to
4 p.m. weekdays) Or e-mail threshold@stvincent.edu
TICKETS AND RESERVATIONS
All seats in the Robert
S. Carey
Student Center
Performing Arts
Center are reserved and
admission will be by ticket only. When requesting a reservation, provide your
name, address, daytime phone, and number of seats requested. All reservations
will be confirmed by phone or email. Tickets will be held at the Ferretti Box Office in the Carey Center
for pickup when you arrive for the presentation; no tickets are mailed in
advance. Tickets not claimed by 7:50 p.m. will be released.
Special Note: After making a reservation, if you are unable to attend, please
cancel your reservation via email as soon as possible so that other requests
can be accommodated.
This event is co-sponsored by Saint Vincent College Threshold Series and
Winner Palmer Nature Reserve.
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Saturday, September 29
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, PA
Adults: $25 College Students: $10 High School: FREE
Limited Seating
For more information, visit www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org.
This 2007 inaugural Rachel Carson Legacy conference will address the topic
of “Sustaining the Web of Life in Modern Society.” E. O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus, Department of Entomology,
Museum of Comparative
Zoology at Harvard
University, will
present the keynote address. Sessions include: Global Warming; Perspectives
on the Health of our Oceans; Environmental Leadership; and Changing the Way
we Live.
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October 3-4, 2007
Check-in/registration begins at 8:00 a.m. on Oct. 3.
Four Points by Sheraton Pittsburgh
North (Cranberry, PA)
Registration: $60 on or before 9/28. After 9/28 registration is $65.
www.3riverswetweather.org
This
annual conference is designed to educate and share lessons learned for
overcoming the wet weather problems that have plagued the Pittsburgh region for decades. The
conference schedule will feature educational sessions on such topics as case
studies of approaches to water-quality testing, citizen testing and source
tracking, design considerations for stormwater
“best management practices” (BMPs) and cost benefit
analysis of sewer rehabilitation projects.
Additionally, 54 exhibitors will display and demonstrate technologies to help
communities find new, cost-effective ways of restoring aging and
deteriorating sewer systems that often experience sewage and stormwater overflows during wet weather. For registration
questions, please call the Local
Government Academy
at 412-237-3171. For all other questions about the conference, contact 3
Rivers Wet Weather at 412-578-8375.
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Information Forum: Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission - Understanding & Intersecting
with the TIP and CMAQ
Friday, October 5
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Regional Enterprise Tower,
31st floor, 425 Sixth Ave.
(Downtown Pittsburgh)
No fee to attend
Pre-registration to: info@sustainablepittsburgh.org
or 412-258-6642
The
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC), having recently completed Project
Region and adopted The Region’s new Long Range Transportation and Development
Plan as a result, is now focused on implementation mechanisms including
development of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) by JUNE of 2008.
The TIP serves to determine a host of targeted regional transportation
investments in programs and infrastructure projects within fiscal constraint.
A visible element of the TIP development process will be the recommended
program of projects for the Congestion and Mitigation and Air Quality Program
(CMAQ). Come learn about and how to navigate these important regional
prioritization processes and gain insight of how to intersect to advance your
community development and redevelopment needs in step with Project Region. This
information forum being presented by SPC is timely given that both TIP and
CMAQ development processes for selecting projects are just beginning. The
forum will begin with a video presentation of the region’s plan, include
staff TIP AND CMAQ presentations, and engage participants in Q&A.
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Friday, October 12
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Penn State University, Greater Allegheny Campus, McKeesport, PA 15132
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: OCT 5, 2007
REGISTRATION FEES:
INDIVIDUAL $125
TEAM (3 or more from same organization) $100
MEMBER Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest $ 75
For a workshop brochure or more information, contact Mark Remcheck
at mar15@psu.edu or (724) 228-6940.
This workshop is designed for those who help plan redevelopment in towns
and cities – from landscape architects and urban planners to highway
engineers and municipal officials. Henry Arnold, the keynote presenter, has
extensive experience designing urban tree plantings using innovative site
preparation techniques which address, volume of root space, porosity of the
growing medium, drainage, and supporting pavement in the root zone. He will
illustrate how combining design and technical expertise can result in
populating our urban areas with large, long lived shade trees. He sums up his
philosophy of reshaping cities with trees this way, “The modern livable city
must make trees a major component of the city form if it is to compete with
the suburban low density destructive pattern of development. Who could resist
the desire to live in a city where the streets are pedestrian dominated tree
shaded tunnels connecting people to every urban convenience including large
and small park spaces.”
Six afternoon break-out sessions will be offered on topics such as, caring
for newly planted trees and tree selection; and sharing examples of
successful planting projects.
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Friday, November 16, 2007 (new date)
Twentieth Century Club, 4201
Bigelow Blvd., Oakland
Keynote: David Rusk, author of Cities without Suburbs, Baltimore Unbound, and
Inside Game/Outside Game
Register: info@sustainablepittsburgh.org
or 412-258-6642
The Summit will feature the opportunity for
community leaders to become involved in aiding the region's leading
institutions in advancing goals to narrow the disparities gap. The Summit will feature
reports by regional leaders on their vision for, current activities, and
needs for assistance in achieving regional equity across a range of critical
public services, investments, and governance. Come participate and learn how
you can help in advancing policy and practice for regional equitable
development to expand opportunity and bolster the region's productivity and
competitiveness.
David Rusk will provide remarks and serve as master of ceremonies in
facilitating deliberations. "He is the hottest urban expert in the
nation today,” the Baltimore
Sun commented in reviewing Baltimore Unbound. "Cities without
Suburbs," the Congressional Quarterly wrote, has virtually become the
Bible of the regionalism movement.” The Government Finance Review called
Rusk’s most recent book, Inside Game/Outside Game, “a must-read for all
practicing local government officials, elected or appointed, working in a
metropolitan area.” Rusk combines strong analytical skills with practical
political experience. He is a former federal official, New
Mexico legislator and mayor of Albuquerque.
Presented by:
--University of Pittsburgh Graduate School
of Public and International Affairs:
Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership and Wherrett
Lecture Series
--Sustainable Pittsburgh
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The report released today in Washington,
D.C., recommends that
metropolitan growth strategies are needed to curb automobile emissions,
including an increased focus on "compact development" areas. Such
developments are close to the urban core, denser than sprawling suburban
development, and provide a mix of uses that give residents an option of
walking or biking or shorter drives to business, commercial and recreational
destinations.
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"Some of these places are growing by leaps and bounds, and this is a
different way of managing growth, controlling development and keeping growth
out of agriculture," Comitta said. "It's
more sustainable."
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"For most of us," Chicago-based designer Bruce Mau once wrote,
infrastructure "is invisible. Until it fails." Now, confronting New
Orleans after Katrina, Minneapolis after the bridge collapse and a Chicago
that has temporarily stepped back from the brink of a mass-transit "doomsday,"
Americans have no excuse for overlooking infrastructure. The question is
whether they look at it with blinders or through lenses that recognize that
our environment shapes our destiny.
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Greater Ohio is pleased to announce a
partnership with the Brookings Institution and a new initiative, Restoring
Prosperity to Ohio, focused on revitalizing Ohio’s cities and
towns struggling with weak economies. Informed by the new Brookings report’s
promising framework, the initiative emphasizes that our Ohio cities are ripe for revitalization
and calls for state action to address these challenged areas. Greater Ohio is working with local leaders, state policymakers
and other partners to advance the Restoring Prosperity to Ohio initiative and forge an agenda for
change.
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The William James Foundation, which is dedicating to supporting entrepreneurs
who are starting sustainable businesses, is gearing up for its 5th annual
Socially Responsible Business Plan Competition.
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Pittsburgh becoming destination city for outdoors
enthusiasts
"It's happening. It's really happening," said Sean Brady,
assistant executive director of Venture Outdoors. "In terms of the
outdoors, Pittsburgh
is approaching the tipping point. I think by 2010 Pittsburgh will be known nationally as an
incredible place for outdoor recreation." .."We
can make the case that a community that is planning and accommodating outdoor
recreation, trails, bike paths and open spaces is signaling to the investment
community that it is a neighborhood or a city that knows what it takes to
build places that are worth investing in." .."There is a new wave
of economic development where tourists are flooding into some older communities
where the economies have been in question for some time," Gould said.
"This is a shot in the arm. It's raising property values along the
trail. It's leading to the opening of small local businesses, so it's leading
to jobs in direct businesses, like bike rentals and guides, and also indirect
businesses, such as suppliers of sporting goods, gas stations and bed and breakfasts.".."It's a special place where you
really can do anything you want within a short drive if you can't do it in
the city. There are few cities that can claim that. And as more and more
people recognize that, even native Pittsburghers are starting to realize
that."
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Forty years ago, half of all students walked or bicycled to school. Today,
fewer than 15 percent travel on their own steam. One-quarter take buses, and
about 60 percent are transported in private automobiles, usually driven by a
parent or, sometimes, a teenager...Seattle has reported a 77 percent to 91
percent reduction in traffic accidents after installing a citywide
traffic-calming program that included 700 new residential traffic circles.
Just last week, Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced that New York would spend $32 million in
federal money on a Safe Routes to School initiative that includes
transportation and public education projects across the state.
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“It can give American companies a leading edge,” Mr. Shull said,
“especially if the safety or environmental standard is in the vanguard of
what is going to happen worldwide.”
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This year Massachusetts
announced a greenhouse gas emissions policy that covers major real-estate
projects. All qualify for regulation under the state’s environmental
protection laws, and their developers must quantify the total greenhouse gas
emissions associated with the projects and detail what they are doing to
reduce those emissions, a news release from Mr. Bowles’s office said...“First
of all, the technology associated with green construction has dropped
dramatically in the last decade,” Mr. Gordon said. “Geothermal wells, natural
ventilation, natural lighting — most of it doesn’t cost a premium anymore.
Also, we think the operating costs will go down. When you save 50 percent on
greenhouse gases, you’re burning less fuel and buying less fuel.” ..To date, 399 college presidents have signed the
American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, pledging to
assess their greenhouse gas emissions and develop a strategy for reducing
them, or buying offsets, with the goal of becoming carbon neutral, or adding
no carbon-dioxide emissions to the atmosphere.
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Doha and Dalian
There is no green revolution, or, if there is, the counter-revolution is
trumping it at every turn. Without a transformational technological
breakthrough in the energy space, all of the incremental gains we’re making
will be devoured by the exponential growth of all the new and old
“Americans.”
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Recently within the printing industry, the importance placed on the level
of a company’s “environmental friendliness” has increased dramatically. Many
printers are facing a growing number of inquiries regarding sustainable
printing practices, and according to a recent survey conducted by PIA/GATF,
over 90 percent of printers believe that their customers will require “green”
printing in the future. In an effort to assist the printing community in this
push for sustainability, PIA/GATF and its partners have established the
Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP Partnership).
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Generally, more and more businesses are adopting responsible practices in
regard to key issues identified by EIRIS. These issues consist of corporate
governance, environment, equal opportunities, human rights and the supply
chain. In spite of the increase of corporate responsibility overall, not all
areas of the world are responding equally...In Europe,
a number of factors drive strong ESG performance, the report notes. Stricter
regulatory environment across the European Union, the presence of many
non-governmental organizations (NGOs), individual awareness of sustainability
issues and investor willingness to put pressure on companies to adopt better
environmental practices all raise the awareness of European companies...“For
certain companies there is undoubtedly a positive financial case for adopting
and enhancing responsible business practices. The numbers of consumers making
ethical purchases is on the rise, therefore generating an ethical brand image
may attract a greater number of consumers,” Gordon said. “In addition,
responsible business has the potential to improve financial performance by
delivering improvements in staff attitudes and productivity and enhancements
to internal processes."
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The real problem is that we have a national transportation framework that
is adrift. It takes an almost agnostic approach to how those billions of
dollars are spent and it does not hold the recipients of the federal money -
the states, mainly - accountable for meeting any kind of national goals or
objectives...Despite separate bureaucratic programs that lay out a framework
for funding different activities, the federal government has virtually no
discretion (other than the questionable earmark process) in determining which
transportation projects get built or how states spend their transportation
dollars. In fact, the U.S.
code neuters the federal role and states specifically that the appropriation
of highway funds "shall in no way infringe on the sovereign rights of
the States to determine which projects shall be federally financed."
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Losing the Forest to Save a Few Trees: The Problems Behind Green Sprawl
Several traditional big box retailers, such as Best Buy, have recently
announced their intention of building green stores. A number of banks, such
as PNC Bank, have also announced the development of green bank branches. In
all likelihood, if these buildings achieve a sufficient number of LEED
points, they will be certified "green" and may receive significant
tax incentives for their efforts. Most Best Buys and bank branches, however,
are located in strip malls with seas of impervious parking lots that are
accessible only by car. This phenomenon - where green buildings are located
in unsustainable contexts - can be called "green sprawl." ..Private green building standards, like LEED,
should require that the buildings be located on sustainable sites for
certification. Government incentives for green building should be tied to an
assessment of the sustainability of the project's site and the project's
impact on the existing infrastructure.
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In his earth day address, Mayor Bloomberg laid out PlaNY
a series of highly practical steps to improve our city in a period of rapid
population growth against a backdrop of global warming. He outlined 127
programs that would work together to support an urban policy that would
result in a city not just coping, but improving, through challenging times.
The programs are diverse and technical, ranging from tree canopy guidelines
to mass transit financing. However, if we step back a moment, we will
recognize something else profoundly important in this speech: a new
definition of civic virtue for the 21st century...Mayor Bloomberg’s speech
says it all. To be a better city, we must build green, use mass transit, and
restore purity to our water and air, with park access for all. This is a
vision of a new type of city for the 21st century: at once more urbane and
more natural. It is a marriage of building and landscape that is challenging
every notion we have ever had about design.
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Sustainable Pittsburgh benefits from support in 2007 from:
Dollar Bank
Elsie H. Hillman Foundation
The Giant Eagle Foundation
The Heinz Endowments
Richard King Mellon Foundation
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
University of Pittsburgh
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